Title & Author:

The Destruction of Tilted arc : documents / edited by Clara Weyergraf-Serra and Martha Buskirk ; introduction by Richard Serra.

Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©1991.

Description:

xi, 287 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Series:

October book

Notes:
"An October book."
Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-280) and index.
Chronology -- pt. I. Correspondence and documents preceding the public hearing. Introduction ; General Services Administration factsheet concerning the Art-in-architecture Program for Federal buildings ; Memo from David R. Dibner to the Contracting Officer, March 3, 1980 ; Letter from Edward D. Re to Gerald P. Carmen, August 18, 1981 ; Letter from Edward D. Re to Ray Kline, November 5, 1984 ; Letter from Ray Kline to Edward D. Re, December 10, 1984 ; Memo from Lester L. Mitchell to William J. Diamond, December 10, 1984 ; Memo from William J. Diamond to Lester L. Mitchell (no date) ; Letter from Barbara G. Gerwin to Henry R. Stern, December 7, 1984 ; Letter from Barbara G. Gerwin to Lisa Taylor, December 10, 1984 ; Letter from Randall Bourscheidt to William J. Diamond, December 17, 1984 ; Letter from Barbara G. Gerwin to John C. Egan, December 21, 1984 ; Letter from David R. Collens to Barbara G. Gerwin, December 26, 1984 ; Letter from Richard Serra to Donald Thalacker, January 1, 1985 ; Letter from John C. Egan to Barbara G. Gerwin, January 4, 1985 ; Letter from H. Peter Stern to William J. Diamond, January 21, 1985 ; Letter from Frederieke S. Taylor and Stephen S. Halsey to William J. Diamond, January 23, 1985 ; Memo from Ray Kline to the Regional Administrators, General Service Administration, January 30, 1985 ; Text of the First Presidential Award for Design Excellence, awarded to the GSA's Art-in-architecture Program on January 30, 1985 ; Letter from Senator Howard M. Metzenbaum to Ray Kline, February 25, 1985 ; Letter from William J. Diamond to announce the public hearing concerning Tilted arc (no date) ; United States General Service Administration, notice of public hearing to be held March 6, 1985 ; Text of flier (labeled "Speak out!") distributed in the Federal Building before the hearing ; Text of petition (labeled "For relocation") distributed in the Federal Building before the hearing ; Form letter addressed to William J. Diamond, distributed in the Federal Building before the hearing ; Press release from General Service Administration, Region 2, New York, March 5, 1985 -- pt. II. The public hearing. Introduction ; List of speakers arguing in support of Tilted arc at the hearing ; List of speakers arguing for removal of Tilted arc at the hearing ; Selected statements arguing in support of Tilted arc ; Selected statements arguing for removal of Tilted arc.
pt. III. Correspondence and documents subsequent to the public hearing. Letter from Richard Serra to William J. Diamond (no date) ; Letter from William Diamond to Dwight Ink, April 10, 1985 ; Letter from Gustave Harrow to Dwight Ink, April 23, 1985 ; Letter from Jerald Ordover to Dwight Ink, April 24, 1985 ; Letter from William Diamond to Dwight Ink, May 1, 1985 ; Letter from Senators Howard M. Metzenbaum and Edward M. Kennedy and Representatives Tom Downey, Frank Horton, Hamilton Fish, Jr., and Jim Jeffords to Dwight Ink, May 6, 1985 ; Memo from Donald W. Thalacker to Dwight Ink, May 9, 1985 ; Dwight Ink, decision on Tilted arc ; Letter from Senator Thomas F. Eagleton to Dwight Ink, May 31, 1985 ; Form letter from Copyright Office, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., to Gustave Harrow in response to Richard Serra's application for a copyright for Tilted arc, June 20, 1986 ; Letter from Gustave Harrow to Harriet Oler, Examining Unit, Copyright Office, Library of Congress, July 17, 1986 ; Letter from James Allgeyer to Gustave Harrow, August 11, 1986 ; List of members of National Endowment for the Arts Tilted Arc Site Review Advisory Panel ; Paper presented by Richard Serra to Tilted Arc Site Review Advisory Panel, December 15, 1987 ; Letter from Frank Hodsoll to Terence C. Golden, January 5, 1988 -- pt. IV. Tilted arc in court. Summary of complaint filed by Richard Serra in the U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, December 17, 1986 [edited] ; Decision by Judge Milton Pollack, August 31, 1987 [edited] ; Appeal filed by Richard Serra in U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, December 15, 1987 ; Brief filed by the defendants, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, January 26, 1988 [edited] ; Decision by Judge Jon O. Newman, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, May 27, 1988 -- pt. V. The destruction of Tilted arc. Complaint filed by Richard Serra in U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, March 10, 1989 ; Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works [excerpt] ; Berne Convention Implementation Act of 1988 [excerpts] ; Letter from Jay Topkis to Richard M. Schwartz and Jed L. Rubenfeld, March 15, 1989 ; Press release from Jay Topkis and Leslie Urfirer Cornfeld, March 15, 1989 ; Interview with William J. Diamond, conducted by Shu Lea Cheang, March 15, 1989 [excerpts].

Summary:

Documents from the public hearing and court proceedings concerning the destruction of Richard Serra's sculpture Tilted Arc by the General Services Administration (U.S.).

ISBN:

0262231557
9780262231558
0262730898 (pbk.)
9780262730891 (pbk.)

Subject:

Serra, Richard, 1938-2024 Trials, litigation, etc.
Serra, Richard, 1938-2024. Tilted arc.
Serra, Richard, 1938-2024.
Serra, Richard.
Serra, Richard, 1939- Procès, instances, etc.
Serra, Richard, 1939- Tilted arc.
United States. General Services Administration Trials, litigation, etc.
États-Unis. General Services Administration Procès, instances, etc.
United States. General Services Administration
Tilted arc (Serra, Richard)
Law and art United States.
Public sculpture New York (State) New York.
Law and art.
Droit et art.
Sculpture publique New York (État) New York.
Droit et art États-Unis.
Public sculpture
Abbruch
Diskussion
Geschichte
Quelle
New York (State) New York
United States
Tilted arc
New York (N.Y.) Tilted arc.
Visual arts Law

Form/genre:

Trials, litigation, etc.

Added entries:

Weyergraf-Serra, Clara.
Buskirk, Martha.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 56979
Call No.: ID:90-B5287
Status: Available